Semgrep · 1 month ago
Senior Backend Platform Engineer, Semgrep Analysis Foundations
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$166K/yr - $207K/yr
4+ years expSemgrep is a company dedicated to making world-class software security accessible to everyone. The Senior Backend Platform Engineer will focus on improving the release and CI processes, automating manual tasks, and enhancing the scalability and observability of the core analysis engine.
Cyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Ensure that our changes are released frequently and reliably through a number of distribution methods, including pip, homebrew, and docker
Build tooling that allows us to support our users more effectively when they encounter problems
Advocate for architectural decisions that make our code easy to reason about and allow us to scale with an exponentially growing number of users
Help set the technical roadmap for our foundational analysis, listening to our users as well as program analysis engineers and security researchers across the company
Advise and mentor other engineers via thoughtful code reviews, planning discussions, technical documentation, and formal mentorship
Qualification
Required
4+ years experience in infrastructure, devops, platform engineering, or a similar field
Interest in code analysis. If you've ever spent time studying how your interpreter, compiler, linter, or garbage collector works, come work with us!
Experience working in Python and interest in learning a functional programming language (OCaml)
Excellent and proactive communication, both verbal and written
Benefits
Equity
Comprehensive health plans
Generous vacation time
401k
Learning stipends
Company
Semgrep
Semgrep is an application security platform that scans code for bugs, security vulnerabilities, and enforce coding standards.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$193MKey Investors
Menlo VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersFelicis
2025-02-05Series D· $100M
2023-04-18Series C· $53M
2021-07-07Series B· $27M
Leadership Team
Isaac Evans
Founder, CEO
Drew Dennison
Co-Founder, CTO
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